I’ve often thought that there would be a market in the scientific community for an intellectual analog to the deplorable Girls Gone Wild phenomenon. Called Researchers Gone Weird it would be an examination of times when generally good or excellent scientists have fallen off the rails. In my dream world, this show would be hosted [...]
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So…TAMOz? It was good. Mostly, it was really good. Of course, as one might expect there were highlights and low/average-lights; but on the whole the quality of the conference was excellent. To summarise the most important bits…
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Well. Just in time for me to stop being crazy busy because of exams, TAM has arrived to once again take me away from my blogging duties. For those who’ve never heard of The Amazing Meeting, imagine if all your geekiest heroes were collected at one convention together. It’s pretty much that — we’ll be brushing [...]
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While SWOTVAC (a.k.a. ‘almost exams’) is on, I have very little blogging time. As such, I’ve set up a few reposts of older pieces that recent readers may not have seen before. Enjoy! —– I’ll never really understand the rampant paranoia that seems to accompany the gun-loving subculture of the USA that clings to the [...]
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So, I’m sitting here, busily trying to get an article done up for my section in “The Skeptic” magazine, when I suddenly realise: Holy crap. I forgot to tell my bloggees that I have a regular section in The Skeptic magazine now. Which, as far as ‘oopsies’ go, is kind of a big one. My first [...]
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…well, of Canberra anyway. And also the JREF forum — sheesh, just thinking about the JREF forum takes me back. Anyway, Mike has a (reasonably) new blog on science communication and methodology: The Tribal Scientist. It’s well written (better than my claptrap, of course), and well worth checking out for anyone with an interest in science [...]
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This video is just brilliant — Barbara Ehrenreich takes the culture of ‘positive thinking’ to task, not only as unrealistic but also as cruel and dangerous. If Barbara Ehrenreich was making appearances on Oprah instead of Rhonda Byrne, I’d have a whole lot more hope for humanity…
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Until very recently, I didn’t even realise that the You’re Not Helping blog was still even around on the internet — I thought it would have faded into obscurity by now — but it seems that just as it has been brought to my attention, the blog is fading back into the woodwork. On some [...]
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Luke Weston has posted his thoughts on the current ticketing flare up on Twitter about The Amazing Meeting on the Young Australian Skeptics site. It sums up my thoughts pretty well too — there are a whole bunch of young people out there who are excited about TAM, who may even want to volunteer their [...]
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My summary: Boobs, in most circumstances, are still not a danger to humanity. The earth remains unmoved by extra gratuitous cleavage. Sane people everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief. Jen has a more detailed analysis (with charts and statistics and everything!) up over at Blag Hag.
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